"Jeff B" wrote in news:Xxqaf.2461$IC.759@dukeread07:


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Jeff,
Some fire prevention things to mention:
A) Use 2 hour fire-rated drywall in the room, including the ceiling.
- If something bad happens, the 2 hours can give you time to get
something done about it before you lose your house.
B) Use a fire-rated door on the room.
- Same reason
C) Use the commercial type glue-on baseboard molding, and make sure it is
sealed to the floor and wall good (non-flammable silicone maybe?)
- This helps to prevent any hot dust/sparks from getting under a wall,
or behind the baseboard where it would have the highest chance of
starting a fire.
D) Use aluminum flashing or sheet, or stainless, to line the walls around
your welding area, and your grinding area. Make sure this too is sealed
to the walls with non-flammable sealer. Make sure it overlaps the
baseboard molding so hot embers cannot sit on top of the baseboard lip.
E) Have a larger, GOOD, fire extinguisher mounted at chest level near the
exit of the room. - Check the charge once a month.
F) You will need some type of ventilation for welding, there ARE bad
fumes from any type of welding. Make sure that the ducting outside the
wall is far enough away, or high enough over the roofline that a fire in
that room will not be escorted to the house above via the duct. You could
also purchase a fire damper for the intake and exhaust so that in the
event of a fire, these close and help shut off the air supply to the
fire. See- http://www.greenheck.com/pdf/kitchen...v2Sept2001.pdf for
a kitchen hood with this built-in.

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Anthony

You can't 'idiot proof' anything....every time you try, they just make
better idiots.

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